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Dwight McCabe

@dwightmc.bsky.social

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Retired marketing exec. Recovering moderate concerned about the takeover of our democracy by billionaires. Some knowledge of history and foreign policy. I've lived in 5 countries on 3 continents but my adult life in the US. And Trump is a Russian tool.

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Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · May 16

Important
How social media has made us all unpaid serfs, slaving for free to get attention.
And how the mistaken belief in meritocracy glorifies the rich and successful while making those who struggle think they are to blame.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · May 16

🧵 I’ve talked a lot about disordered discourse, conspiracies, polarisation, denialism. But maybe the better question is: why does this keep happening? Why does our shared reality keep fracturing? What are the drivers I talk about as a dimension of disordered discourse?

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Apr 25

I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...

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Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 9h

So jealous!

Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 10h

Um, it's at home. Where are you?

Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 10h

Propaganda and control of most media are powerful things.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 10h

Have you ever wondered if mental health professionals, privately among themselves, marvel and commiserate over the fact that such a significant percentage of our country has become a toxic mix of arrogant, ignorant, and bonkers?
I will answer that for you.
Yes. Yes, we do.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 14h

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Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 10h

This are so obviously lies. Is Trump so delusional, or does he just think he can fool voters with his lies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 12h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 10h

OMG, have you heard about Portland Oregon? It's a ruin, filled with criminals. Also street musicians and people in dinosaur costumes.
Obviously the reason to send in the military.

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 10h

María Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the peo...

Why María Corina Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

www.theatlantic.com

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Michel Deniau @micheldeniau.bsky.social · 1d

@pybaubry.bsky.social
Tiens des rumeurs commencent à émerger sur un potentiel AVC de Xi Jinping, mais bon aucun média taïwanais n'en parle et ça sort un peu du néant d'internet, mais sait-on jamais
renminbao.com/rmb/articles...
(non ce n'est pas le quotidien du peuple, juste un canard indépendant)

傳習近平中風送急救李強訪朝若被召回則事態嚴重

中共黨魁習近平被傳出中風，目前在緊急搶救中。據爆料人，原中國內蒙古自治區政府法律顧問室執行主任，自媒體人杜文透露，習近平病情嚴重程度如何，以李強是否會被從朝鮮緊急召回來去判斷。

renminbao.com

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Analytical Left @leaddreamer.bsky.social · 1d

"Despotism doesn’t impose itself on everyone all at once. It creeps inward from the margins of society." Brian Buetler...
www.offmessage.net/p/the-median...

The Median Experience Of Tyranny

If the politics of tyranny were self-discrediting, we wouldn't need mantras like "never again."

www.offmessage.net

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 1d

It's the brain worms. They didn't get all of them.

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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 1d

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory

The only way to safeguard our fundamental rights for the next 10 yrs is to register & vote on Nov 4.

Vote YES To RETAIN Justices
🔹Wecht
🔹Donohue
🔹Dougherty

LFG! 👉 vote.pa/register

#PACourtsMatter #ProtectPACourts

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Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 1d

Proof Democrats are letting their pets illegally vote.

Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats know the longer they wait, the more voters will receive notices about huge increases in their 2026 health insurance.
Republicans would be smart to find a fig leaf then cave by reversing the cuts to health insurance subsidies. That would remove a major issue for them in the 2026 elections.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 1d

Let me be clear: Democrats are at work waiting for Republicans to wrap up their vacation and join us. It’s time for Mike Johnson to bring his caucus back, get to work, and stop playing politics with folks’ lives.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d

Good news: fossil fuels have plateaued and solar is growing by leaps and bounds worldwide

apnews.com/article/clim...

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

apnews.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I just scheduled a procedure for December because I don’t know if I will be able to afford health insurance in January.

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Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 1d

It's starting to look pretty obvious, I'm sad to say, that they didn't get all the worms in his brain.

Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 1d

Teething obviously is a precursor to autism.

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. armed, funded, and defended Israel as it killed tens (perhaps hundreds) of thousands of civilians.

So The New York Times is asking: Where is Donald Trump’s Nobel prize??

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

With Mideast Deal, Trump Is on the Brink of a Major Diplomatic Accomplishment

www.nytimes.com

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Dwight McCabe @dwightmc.bsky.social · 1d

It's the worms in his brain. Doesn't look like they got them all out.